Sushi Japan w/ friends

We went to dinner at Sushi Japan on 144th & Center with our friends George & Rob after Cirque du Soleil. We had 7:30 reservations but we arrived early & they got us in. We opted for the sushi side as opposed to the sushi bar or the yakiniku side. Our waiter explained the specials to us & told us that the Mai Tai's were really good. He was also very helpful in answering all of our questions.

Our friend George really wanted to get the sushi boat, which is a wooden boat that, if you order enough, they will serve your sushi in. The waiter said if we ordered 10 rolls, that would be enough for a boat.

George was like a Sushi Ninja & took over ordering most of the rolls. We picked a few.







The rolls in our boat were:
Spicy Tuna,
California(Crab, avocado, cucumber),
Border(Yellowtail, cilantro, jalapeno, avocado, with wasabi tobiko),
Rainbow(California topped with tuna, salmon, striped bass, sweet sauce),
Beyond Rangoon(Crab, salmon, cream cheese, scallions, tempura fried topped with sweet and sour sauce), The Anton(Salmon, cream cheese, avocado, cucumber),
Caterpillar(Freshwater eel and cucumber, topped with slices of avocado, sweet sauce),
Tijuana(Tuna, avocado, cilantro, onions, with jalapeno masago),
Atlantic Crunch(Salmon, crab, avocado, masago, and lettuce with tempura crunches, yuzu tobiko)
Negi Saba(Mackerel with scallions).
We also ordered Negril Tamago(Egg Custard)
This came w/ soup & salad.
And I ordered one of those Mai Tai's & he was right. They were so good I felt like I was on vacation, but vacation in Jamaica.

The salad's came right away. They had a Carrot Ginger dressing which was tasty. Next we got our Miso soup, which Fletch & George loved but Rob & I thought it tasted a little fishy.

Then came the boat. It was pretty fun! He told us what each roll was, not that I could remember all 10, but we figured it out as we ate.

I didn't care for the Negi Saba w/ the Mackerel. It was chewy & not for me. I also didn't care for Negril Tamago, the egg custard (to the left of the boat). It was such a weird texture & the flavor was just as weird.

Other than that, I really enjoyed all the rolls we selected. All the sushi was really fresh. The Rainbow Roll was the best I've had.
And for dessert we shared some Green Tea ice cream, which was very good & tasted refreshing.

We had some groupons, which if you haven't heard of, you really should check out at groupon.com.
We had 2 $30 off groupons. Our bill would have been $103.35 but ended up only being $43.35. What a deal!
The service was excellent & so was the sushi.
The 4 of us have plans to go back tomorrow night before Adult Retro Night at Skate Daze. We'll be using more groupons.
I'm hungry just thinking of about it.